Relation between radon concentrations and morphotectonics of the Dead Sea transform in Wadi Araba, Jordan

Awareness of Radon-222 and its Health Hazards in Jordan

“…In the northern region, radon concentration levels have been measured at nine locations (cities or towns): Soum region (Abumurad, 2005), Irbid city (Al-Kofahi, 1992), Malka town (Al-Zubaidy, 2012b), Hakama town (Al-Zubaidy, 2012a), Ajloun city , Ajloun district (Al-Khateeb, 2012), Jerash city including the historical part (Alzoubi, 2013), Jerash city and the northern part of the Jordan Valley (Kullab, 2005). In this region, the minimum indoors, measured mean value of radon concentration levels in air was 16.21 Bq.m Measurements in the middle region of Jordan have been performed at the following locations: As-Salt suburbs (Ya'qoub, 2009), As-Salt city , Mafraq city (Al-Zubaidy, 2012), Amman , Zarka city (Kullab, 2005) (Elzain, 2011), Al-Ruseifa (Kullab, 2005) (Kullab, 2001), Madaba city and Dead Sea (Al-Taj, 2004) (Al-Bataina, 2005 (Akawwi, 2014). In this part, the minimum mean value for radon concentration in air was measured to be 27.25 in Zarka city, and the maximum was 386 Bq.m We grouped a number of locations into the southern region, and found that measurements have taken at the following locations: Karak city , Tafila city and suburbs Abu-Haija, 2010;(Salameh, 2011), Ma'an city , and Aqaba city .…”

Radon concentration levels in the historical city of Jerash, Jordan

“…The can is covered by a compact lid that has a hole of 1.5 cm in diameter. A squared piece of sponge (2 cm  2 cm) of thickness 1.0 cm is stuck to the interior surface of the lid such that it completely covers the hole to allow radon to pass to the interior of the can and prevent other isotopes (Al Bataina et al, 2005). The can contains also a solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTDs) of (1.5 cm  1.5 cm) dimensions, which is stuck to the bottom of the can using a double-face tape.…”

The role of soil gas radon survey in exploring unknown subsurface faults at Afamia B dam, Syria

“…In other words, fault zone often displays a high permeability compared to the surrounding country rocks. This property may turn fault zones into preferential pathways for emanated soil gases including radon during their way to the Earth's surface (Tansi et al, 2005;Al-Bataina et al, 2005;Surinder Singh et al, 2006).…”